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Yang Zhiyi, Snail Studio
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Li Xiangning, Li Danfeng, Jiang Jiawei
4/5
Zhang Qingfan, Zhang Bo
Significant Dwellings: Shanghai Contemporary and Modern Dwelling Design within a Global Context March 2015, Paperback
Made in Shanghai February 2014, Paperback
Live and Dream by the side of Imperial Palace: Construction Script of Sudoku Residence July 2013, Hardback
12/13
Jin Qiuye, Wang Xin
Fictitious Garden (1st Volume: Gardens and paintings) December 2014, Hardcover
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Li Han, Hu Yan
A piece of Beijing: the Dashilan Area September 2015, Hardcover
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Li Han, Hu Yan
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Committee of Conversation Set of Seven Architects
Conversation Set of Seven Architects October 2015, Paperback
A Piece of Beijing September 2013, Paperback
20/21
Wang Xin
Hidden laws within Paintings
December 2015, Hardcover
Chang Yung-ho
the Architect: Wang Ta-hung (1942-1995)
October 2015, Hardback
Xu Mingsong
8/9
Chang Yungho/Atelier FCJZ
Graphic Picture book of Atelier FCJZ
24/25
14/15
Little Detective
January 2015, Hardcover
January 2014, Hardback
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BIAD UFo Studio/Archipelago Studio
BIAD UFo Architecture Studio January 2015, Paperback
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Zeng Renzhen
Imaginary Garden
January 2016, Paperback
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Live and Dream by the side of Imperial Palace:
Construction Script of Sudoku Residence Zhang Qingfan, Zhang Bo July 2013, Hardback 242 x 132 mm 312 pages, 22 color, 230 b/w Illustrations Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560852140 EUR 20
The most fancy and poetic way of dwelling could be traced from traditional garden heritage, antique paintings and texts in Chinese culture. They are ideal bucolics shaped by civilization, emotion and intelligence for thousands of years, and supposed to be the source of modern ideas of dwellings in order to cultivating a modern poetic way of living. 10 articles, 99 diaries and 22 construction notes would show readers with one dream of two architects in their three-year construction experiences by the side of Imperial Palace.
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This is a delicate picture book of contemporary Beijing containing
A Piece of Beijing Li Han, Hu Yan September 2013, Paperback 240 x 340 mm 432 pages, numerous illustrations Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560852942 EUR 25
three themed volumes and one fictional text. It was awarded as “the most beautiful book of China”. In three volumes, two authors, who are architects themselves, presented us with three most hip and interesting places of Beijing (Sanlitun,798 Art District and Nanluoguxiang) respectively by drawing them in computer software. Axonometric drawings in the book are labyrinthine 3D maps which panoramically revealed complicated urban space of these places. Fictional text are stories of 30 specific sites of those places with author’s critiques. There are also three fine posters coming with the book.
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Graphic Picture book of Atelier FCJZ Chang Yungho/Atelier FCJZ January 2014, Hardback 285 x 285 mm 366 pages, 245 color, 60 b/w Illustrations, 31 drawings Text in English and Chinese ISBN 9787560852874 EUR 65
This book contains 31 important works representing Chang Yungho and Atelier FCJZ in the past two decades, including architectural design, product design, exhibition, installation art, etc. Thousands of exquisite pictures told stories of their designing concepts, ideas and important concepts in history of architecture and art, referring but not limited to Plug-in City of Peter Cook, Architectural Plan of Bernard Tschumi, Carpet City of Le Corbusier, Brutalism Architecture of Brazil, the Readymade Art of Marcel Duchamp. It took the team years to plan, edit, draw and finally finish this book. With pictures, colored elaborate-style paintings and architectural drawings, this book is a unique work combining reflection on architecture and graphic languages.
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Made in Shanghai Li Xiangning, Li Danfeng, Jiang Jiawei February 2014, Paperback 140 x 210 mm 272 pages, 339 b/w Illustrations Text in English and Chinese ISBN 9787560853680 EUR 15
Inspired by “Made in Tokyo�, Shanghai architectural scholar Li Xiangning and his team cooperatively edited this book related to features of Shanghai city and architectures with Tsukamoto, the author of the Tokyo version. Based on abundant survey materials, the book selected architectural or urban samples including Shanghai Center, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Oriental Pearl Tower, M50, Rockbund Art Museum, Hongqiao Hub, Pigcage Village, Viaduct Complex of West Tianmu Road, Ventilation Tower of Huangpu River,etc.
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Fictitious Garden 1st Volume: Gardens and paintings Jin Qiuye, Wang Xin December 2014, Hardcover 172 x 180 mm 304 pages, 250 color, 130 b/w Illustrations Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560856308 EUR 35
Fictitious Garden is an annual anthology of research upon Chinese traditional culture and contemporary design interpretation curated by Jin Qiuye and Wang Xin. It covers theory and practice (including experimental works) mainly on architecture, but also involves fields of traditional paintings, calligraphy, artifacts and literature. Editors of this volume invited Dong Yugan, Li Xinggang, Li Kaisheng, Song Shuhua, Zheng Wenkang and other scholars for discussions over relationships of traditional paintings, ancient Chinese gardens and contemporary architectural design language from multiple perspectives. It also featured on specific issue such as natural and artificial styles, method of traditional visual space construction and limited construction, as well as two sets of tutorial program of traditional gardens from China Academy of Fine Arts and Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
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the Architect: Wang Ta-hung (1942-1995) Xu Mingsong January 2015, Hardcover 210 x 275 mm 384 pages, 137 color, 459 b/w Illustrations Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560856001 EUR 50
This is the most complete collection of Wang Ta-hung, the pioneer of Chinese modern architecture. It brought together his personal archives, detailed descriptions to his 39 important architectural works, bibliographical index and chronology of his career. We are not only able to delve into his architectural practice and process of some important projects, but could also have a glimpse on his lifetime journey in that age of turbulence.
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BIAD UFo Architecture Studio BIAD UFo Studio/Archipelago Studio January 2015, Paperback 175 x 245 mm 312 pages, 138 color, 129 b/w Illustrations Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560856988 EUR 40
Significant Dwellings: Shanghai Contemporary and Modern Dwelling Design within a Global Context Yang Zhiyi, Snail Studio March 2015, Paperback 140 x 210 mm 275 pages, 157 b/w Illustrations Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560856704 EUR 15
Comprising Data Analysis in large field of view, comprehensive Photo Logging, Dialogues from multiple perspectives, Analysis of Fractal Design, Reviews on cooperated studios of OMA, Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid, detailed appendix and index, This book is not only the record of brave exploration process of Ufo Studio as well as development of Chinese Architecture, but also the collection of reflection on the future opportunities faced by Chinese designing facilities. The author hoped this book would be a source of inspiration for readers and a trigger for more power from those creative professionals, in order to further impact on urban and architectural construction of China.
Although Shanghai dwellings are not as noticeable as public buildings, their spatial features directly witnessed and recorded the understanding of ordinary residents as they hold a tight link with their daily life. As a result, modern and contemporary dwellings in Shanghai, as “a historical part with depth� that described by George Baird, became the research objects of this book. The readers would be able to realise that the connotation of Shanghai dwellings is richer and far more sophisticated than that of public buildings.
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A piece of Beijing: the Dashilan Area Li Han, Hu Yan September 2015, Hardcover 220 x 248 mm 168 pages, 776 color Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560860015 EUR 20
This is a new picture book in the series of “A piece of Beijing� , following Volumes of Sanlitun, 798 Art District and Nanluoguxiang, delineating the 10 most interesting spaces in Beijing Dashilan Hutong Area vividly and panoramically through axonometric drawings. They are renovated Hutong familiar to architects, worship places unfamiliar to most cizitens, along with recreation and commercial places such as restaurants and cafes, private studios of designer and craftsman. This book is also an architectural fairy tale, as it brings readers to a journey of endless anecdotes of amazing architecture in this amazing city through 10 witty or profound stories refined from the interviews with people relevant to each of the 10 spaces.
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Hidden laws within Paintings Wang Xin December 2015, Hardcover 210 x 285 mm 200 pages, 170 color, 37 b/w Illustrations Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560856315 EUR 40
The author discussed the consciousness of structure and ways of visualization hidden in the spatial construct of traditional Chinese landscape painting, in order to explore a way to transform the painting language to contemporary architectural design with ideas of learning from nature, thus attempting to find the poetic geometry of local Chinese architecture.
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Conversation Set of Seven Architects Committee of Conversation Set of Seven Architects October 2015, Paperback 130 x 185 mm 272 pages, 94 color, 39 b/w Illstrations Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560858685 EUR 15
This book is the record of conversations among the six most influential Shanghai-based architects (Liu Yichun, Zhang Bin, Zhu Xiaofeng, Zhuang Shen, Chen Yifeng, Wang Fangji) of China and an architectural scholar. Each had six separate and detailed conversations with everyone else, discussing one major architectural project of the participants. They are all experienced in practice and have a long-term friendship with each other, which guarantees the quality and depth of their talks. In this way, the book not only thoroughly presented and analyzed architectural practice and exploration of every architect in the last 20 years, but also became an important record and interpretation of independent practice and reflection of Shanghai-style architects and even those of contemporary Chinese architects.
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Little Detective Chang Yung-ho October 2015, Hardback 148 x 210 mm 304 pages, 10 color, 108 b/w Illustrations Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560857336 EUR 50
It is a box set of picture book of detective stories created and drew personally by Chang Yung-ho. He wrote in Chinese and English, and combined his beloved detective theme with certain architectural concepts. There are 4 delicate volumes in total, different from one to another in handmade binding, namely “the illustrated book”, “the notebook”, “the flip book” and “the cards”, indicating great values of appreciation and collection.
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Imaginary Garden Zeng Renzhen January 2016, Paperback 220 x 240 mm 480 pages, 218 color Text in Chinese ISBN 9787560860848 EUR 35
This is a collection of the ink paintings created by a Chinese architect. Based on his long-term study of Chinese traditional garden, artefacts and landscape painting, he took landscape elements from gardens (rock, wood, footpath, bridge, pond, etc) and created a lovely series of ink paintings titled “the Imaginary” in respect of people’s experience within traditional gardens. Those unique paintings reflected the architect’s special ways to research and represent, as well as his humanistic concerns on architecture. Moreover, based on his practices and thoughts on architecture, the author also created a series of painting titled “Red”.
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